and the united nations refugee agency warns that a humanitarian disaster looms in congo the fighting has displaced at least six hundred thousand people and we have a special report. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program no words left the united nations children's agency describes the suffering of civilians in a rebel held suburb of damascus as beyond what words are capable of expressing with airstrikes pounding east. again today independent monitors say that more than two hundred and seventy people have been killed since sunday it's not the first time that good to has come under attack back in two thousand and thirteen the government allegedly bonded with chemical weapons we want to warn you that you may find the images in this next report upsetting. to see. for a war that's been raging for nearly seven years the images in their last shocking and no less harrowing. this boy's parents fate is unknown and watch will become of him. in towns already reduced to shelves and a hospital still standing it's completely overwhelmed. since sunday the syrian government reportedly aided by russian

ok we're looking at the thoughts now of boris to show us off his spokesperson for the united nations refugee agency and joins this afternoon hello to boris thanks for coming on i just wanted firstly what your reaction is to that report i'm not sure how much of it you heard but clearly there are refugee teenagers that are having to turn to prostitution in crime to survive. well we're going to shock the courts but also show it's not sadly a new issue and this is something that has been going on at least since the bigger the emergency in twenty nine and then as more and more people were staying in greece after the closure of the borders to the north and the statement in march twenty sixth we were seeing hundreds a lot of company children coming through in fact now there are about three thousand zero report. around two thirds of them in age appropriate shoppers some of their have safe zones and open sites across the country others are staying and most i think that the government calls protective custody others are in hotels but some homeless number living that's not too sure and they're having to resor

the united nations refugee agency is warning that a humanitarian disaster of extraordinary proportions is about to hit the democratic republic of congo violence erupted late last year and the southeastern province of tanganyika it is estimated that in this area alone more than a fifth of the population that is six hundred and thirty thousand people have been displaced. forced to flee their homes forced to seek refuge in camps like this each with a story to tell of the file ends that is destroying lives. they beheaded people they cut open their stomachs removed their guts and leave them to die that's how they're killing people. john key's a can be is one of the six hundred thirty thousand congolese displaced intend any cup province in the past year he says militias burnt his village to the ground while among women oh i had to take all my clothes off and jump into the river but i didn't have a choice i was fleeing from my life only the injured were left behind routine and. the violence witnessed by so many is taking its toll we're not asking ourselves we have had no seven year seven year

the united nations refugee agency is warning that a humanitarian disaster of quote extraordinary proportions is about to hit the democratic republic of congo violence erupted late last year in the south eastern province of technique up it is estimated that in this area alone more than a fifth of the population that's six hundred thirty thousand people have been displaced. forced to flee their homes forced to seek refuge in camps like this each with a story to tell of the file and that is destroying lives. yet they beheaded people they cut open their stomachs removed their guts and leave them to die that's how they killing people. john key's a can be is one of the six hundred thirty thousand congolese displaced in ten guinea cup province in the past year he says militias burnt his village to the ground while among women though i had to take all my clothes off and jump into the river but i didn't have a choice i was fleeing for my life. were left behind. the violence witnessed by so many is taking its toll with ongoing conflicts between rival militias the un refugee agency is warning the democ

and the united nations refugee agency is in the international community to help with humanitarian efforts in the central african republic the agency says half of the population requires assistance fighting between various armed groups plunge the country into a civil conflict in two thousand and thirteen will have more news in about twenty five minutes time say without. hello and welcome to rewind i'm richelle carey and the decade since we launched al-jazeera english back in two thousand and six we have built a library of moving and powerful documentaries here army wine revisiting some of the best of them and looking at how the story has new dawn today we are rewinding ten years to two thousand and eight and rug omar set out on a unique journey across the united states to get to the heart of what it meant to be muslim in america and that was back in the decade of nine eleven and the iraq war that followed since then of course the world has turned with the rise of isis the political upheavals that followed the arab spring the chaos of us and gulf first libya then syria and of course the ele

the united nations refugee agency is urging the international community to help with humanitarian efforts in central african republic agency says half of the population acquires urgent assistance fighting between various armed groups plunge the country into a civil conflict in two thousand and thirteen catherine sawyer now reports from the town of briere. down there says she had a farm and have family didn't rely on anyone for their basic needs before march last year she lives in brianne a town in north eastern central african republic that was considered relatively peaceful but then conflict between several armed groups started on all her neighbors had to flee so now they live here in a calm for displaced people that is on one end of the town and right at the doorstep of the un peacekeepers. the gunfight started at night we hid everything of ours was destroyed i came here with nothing. more than seventy thousand people in brianne have been displaced in just over a year there's a religious element to the fighting but the rebels are also in conflict of a minerals cattle and trade routes an

the united nations refugee agency is warning hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes in the democratic republic ofof congo, amid an escacalation in violence in the drc southeast region in recent monons. survivors rereport killings andd rape by ararmed militi. this is a human rights activist. ,> it is an economic war something we have in our c cell phones and computer. and i think like all of the countries, you know in all of the western countries, they don't not want this war to end because they want -- they want a mess so they can continue to plunder congo. still using terror. if you look at the map and you see where rapes are committed, it is all around mines. amy: back in the united states, the state of minnesota has reached an $850 million settlement with the company 3m over allegations the company contaminated drinking water by dumping toxic chemicals called pfcs's in landfills for decades since the 1950's. the high profile case was expected to go to trial today. the minnesota state attorney general says the pfcs caused high rates of cancer and premature bi

the united nations refugee agency is the international community to help with humanitarian efforts in the central african republic the agency says heart of the population requires systems fighting between armed groups punch the country into a civil conflict in two thousand and thirteen catherine sawyer reports now from the town of brega. mario says she had a farm and have family didn't rely on anyone for their basic needs before march last year she lives in brianne a town in north east and central african republic that was considered relatively peaceful but then conflict between several armed groups started on all her neighbors had to flee so now they leave here in a calm for displaced people that is on one end of the town and right at the doorstep of the u.n. peacekeepers because. the gunfight started at night we hid everything of ours was destroyed i came here with nothing. more than seventy thousand people in brianne have been displaced in just over a year there's a religious element to the fighting but the rebels are also in conflict of a minerals cattle and trade routes and what

for decades, a united nations agency has helped palestinian refugees with various forms of assistances relied on international aid to run its ograms. john yang recently sat down with one of the agency's top officials, as the trump administration seeks to cut its funding. >> yang: the largest donor to the united nations relief and works agency i don't know by it's initials unrwa. the trump administration announced it was withholding more than half a scheduled payment to the actsy saying it wanted unspecified performance. joining us is scott anderson, director of relief and works agency. before he was a compa commander in afghanistan. scott, thanks for being with us. what's going to be the effect of withhoarding this money from una's operations? >> at risk of unwra being unfunded. we have millions of patient visits in our healthcare centers and provide food assistance to more than a million refugees in the reg so all of that is at risk and i think the part that's veryan impowith our education program is addition to math and ecience and the normal typ things, we teach human rights, confl

critics challenges in there you know what a nice transition together with a united nations high commission for refugees and agencies that are involved in separate giving subsidies to basically fiji's. in fact proceed in and fast so the act would have been short for a short comings here and there but of course some bad people or sometimes scrupulous interest citee out of twelve districts that course repeat yes we have about fifteen. settlements but if he's and. we did big lighted numbers had in lunch had little right number the management of this if you use post challenges because some but individuals is reported to have inflicted figures in one of the camps one did a figure comes and our reaction was immediate. on the second or jan whether i needed late called the police or munda and ask him to immediately take up to my time in this good search to establish the facts and i'm in what are we suspended actually interdicted the officers involved which we suspect could have been involved in those areas. and after all if you use you know. we access you and i want to sell it. he says well and work in the management. of wa

of critical importance that is effectively supporting the work of the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees and the near east we cannot allow this situation where palestinian finds themselves in a position where they have nothing to lose because of this would feed radicalism and can. explode the situation in the palestinian territories and in the region as a whole russia is contributing regularly to the budget of the agency and we also extend humanitarian assistance to the palestinians bilaterally once again let me say that the existing status quo in this longstanding conflict is not something that's reliable lasting override about it's only through a two state way of settlement which presupposes a peaceful and secure coexistence of those states palestine and israel will enable us to overcome crisis and create the conditions for sustainably moving towards peace loving. in the a given situations we will continue ivor efforts aiming at preserving the middle east settlement orchestra. architecture and leading the process out of the depression the press stated finds its which we think that what

be no forced returns and any returns will be coordinated with the united nations but refugees here are still worried so are aid agencies that is why they are warning no one should be forced back to syria without a plan that takes into account their safety and well being. because of valley lebanon and u.s. forces and started withdrawing their numbers in iraq and iraqi government spokesman says the move began after declared victory over i said last year iraq says some soldiers will stay for logistical and training purposes u.s. troops have assisted in the battle against isis since twenty fourteen can be hawk and has more from washington d.c. . well the pentagon has not yet officially confirmed that this drawdown that is taking place of u.s. troops inside iraq it certainly is not denying it either we know that there were roughly five thousand u.s. soldiers that were supporting particularly in the effort to defeat eisel but of course donald trump in his state of the union address has has claimed that there is largely a victory that has occurred in terms of reducing the territory controlled by eisel in both iraq and syria b

be no forced returns and any returns will be coordinated with the united nations but refugees here are still worried so are aid agencies that is why they are warning no one should be forced back to syria without a plan that takes into account their safety and wellbeing. because valley lebannon . south africa's ruling party has called an urgent meeting to discuss president zuma future as pressure grows on him to step down supporters and opponents of the president within the party held rival demonstrations outside party headquarters in johannesburg president zuma has become increasingly unpopular because of a series of corruption scandals. meanwhile officials in the city of cape town have pushed back days era by almost a month that's the day when the city's taps are expected to be turned off because of the lack of water officials say is now expected to be made the eleventh they anticipate farmers will use less water in the coming weeks restrictions for water use still in place residents are only allowed up to fifty liters a day per person the venezuelan president has hit back at warnings of u.s. sanctions against his cou

be no forced returns and any returns will be coordinated with the united nations but refugees here are still worried so are aid agencies that is why they are warning no one should be forced back to syria without a plan that takes into account their safety and wellbeing. because valley lebannon . the only surviving suspect from the paris attacks in two thousand and fifteen is on trial in belgium. is charged with attempted murder for trying to kill police during a shootout in brussels in two thousand and sixteen the belgian born frenchman was arrested along with another suspect four days before bomb attacks killed thirty two people in the belgian capital letter. from brussels. told the judge that he would not stand up that he was too tired he also said he would not respond to any questions he said that silence remained his defense and that muslims are often tried and judged without pity that there was no presumption of innocence well this was the first time that solid disarm has been seen since his arrest back in march twenty sixth and he is being tried over his alleged role in a police shootout which happened just a few

the situation is alarming all the more so at a time when the united nations relief work agency for palestine refugees known as genre, an acronym which provides assistance to more than 1 million people in ghana is caught up in a financial crisis that jeopardizes the agencies response capacity. against this, we like to express our alarm in the custody clemency which is nothing short of an ability to politicize the human statement security of the 5 million palestinian refugees like to pay tribute to sweden's initiative joined by other states to compete in a ministerial meeting will address this important topic. mister president, from the 50 years the israeli-palestinian occupation and discrimination of the palestinian people in january 2018 alone, israeli authorities confiscated some 32 properties, palestinian properties in the west bank which is approximately the same number of structures seized and destroyed as a monthly average in 2017. as a result of this latest round of demolition or confiscation, 37 people were displaced and another 82 were impacted. we cannot talk of a status quote in the occupie

member states should increase their funding to the united nations relief agency that seems to be a beacon call for a policy palestinian refugees in in the near east you think countries are going to block his call and give money to that. people actually countries are doing bad and his call has no value once the united states has boiled down or pushed down its contribution to the honor i think it has lost a lot of status lot of influence and other countries smaller countries with less fortunes have stepped up to fill up the gap even though the gap has not been filled yet and the are what is suffering a lot and therefore children and the elderly and refugees in general passing them by fiji's have been suffering a lot as as a result direct result of the decision taken by the trumpet ministration and i mean i really think that the us has been losing a lot of influence especially in the middle east area with the rise of the west and star and such polls really bear no meaning as teller since specifically is becoming more and more irrelevant to politics here dmitri a member of the fossil revolutionary council thanks for your take this

now the united nations children's agency is warning cyclon season could aggravate pole living conditions for refugees in bangladesh unicef says at least five hundred thousand children are at risk of disease in unsanitary and overcrowded camps more than seven hundred thousand have crossed the border from myanmar following a military crackdown in august now leaders from nations of africa's a hell region are trying to raise money to pay for an international military force formed last year to combat growing violence from armed groups they're meeting with politicians in brussels and getting a lot of help from france the tasha butler as well finn december the french president held a fund raising conference for the g. five sile force back then a promise of one hundred million dollars by saudi arabia added money already pledged by the e.u. france and the u.s. but just over half of the five hundred million dollars targeted was raised the funding shortfall prompted the president of one of the so-called g. five nations to call for more support earlier this month literature just at first so what it is urgent tha

be no forced returns and any returns will be coordinated with the united nations but refugees here are still worried so are aid agencies that is why they are warning no one should be forced back to syria without a plan that takes into account their safety and well being. because of valley lebannon ok let's talk about the u.s. economy now and stock markets in new york have suffered big losses on monday with concerns over a possible interest rate rise seen as the main cause the dow jones index has crashed back through the twenty five thousand mark meaning it wiped off all the gains it's made over the last month there were also losses across the main european indices as market volatility wasn't just confined to the united states or others on those following the story. it was a very volatile day on the u.s. stock market the dow had its biggest point drop ever in history at one point in the last hour of trading the dow had dropped over six percent that's a huge drop it gained some in the closing minutes and it closed a little over four percent drop this is really unheard of we haven't seen these kind of daily drops in the s

be no forced returns and any returns will be coordinated with the united nations but refugees here are still worried so are aid agencies that is why they are warning no one should be forced back to syria without a plan that takes into account their safety and well being. because valley lebannon let's talk more about the intensify attacks in syria with hamish director gordon who is a chemical weapons expert on director of doctors under fire he joins me now via skype thanks very much for coming on to al-jazeera if first of all just take us back to twenty thirteen russia took responsibility for removing chemical weapons after the americans after that dreadful chemical attack we are still seeing these attacks what does president assad still have and how much of it does he still have . well institute say how much of it he has but it is very clear although the chemical weapons were removed but those. are not all the chemical weapons that assad had. and also as we've seen recently the use of coal which is a. top of the industrial chemical which is a barnes and syria many companies drug the world is the favorite chemical weapo

be no forced returns and any returns will be coordinated with the united nations but refugees here are still worried so are aid agencies that is why they are warning no one should be forced back to syria without a plan that takes into account their safety and well being. because valley lebannon a prominent american investigator into the illegal ivory and right no trade has been stabbed to death of this hole in the kenyan capital seventy five year old lawson had spent decades investigating the practice which threatens the two species with extinction his works found asia and africa as the u.n. special envoy on conservation. in a surprise court ruling the heir to samsung has been released from jail j y e was convicted last year on a number of corruption charges and sentenced to five years in prison well skeeters accuse him of paying bribes to the then president park geun hye scandal led to her impeachment these sentences now been cut to two and a half years and suspended meaning he's unlikely to return to jail. european union's chief breaks that negotiator says the u.k. urgently needs to clarify what relationship it wants

be no forced returns and any returns will be coordinated with the united nations but refugees here are still worried so are aid agencies that is why they are warning no one should be forced back to syria without a plan that takes into account their safety and wellbeing. because valley lebannon ok to the u.s. economy now stock markets in new york have suffered big losses on monday with concerns over a possible interest rate rise seen as the main cause the dow jones index crashed back through the twenty five thousand mark meaning it wiped off all the gains it's made over the last month or so in jordan reports from washington d.c. . if investors weren't spooked by the u.s. stock market selloff on friday they're almost certainly wishing they'd put in for a three day weekend the dow jones industrial average fell four point six percent on monday and it's down eight point five percent since its high point on january twenty sixth that means stocks are now cheaper but the value of retirement and investment accounts has dropped making americans poorer at least on paper some market watchers fear the u.s. could be on the brink of

be no forced returns and any returns will be coordinated with the united nations but refugees here are still worried so are aid agenciesthat is why they are warning no one should be forced back to syria without a plan that takes into account their safety and wellbeing. because valley lebannon . least eleven people have been injured in a suspected chlorine gas attack in syria's rebel held province i think his video shows people being treated in the town of saka if confirmed it would be the third reported chlorine that time in just fifteen days. saudi arabia says it shot down a ballistic missile fired by hooty rebels in the rebels say it was targeting the king faisal military base in southern a sea of province saudi forces have stepped up attacks over the past two days carrying out fifty cross border air raids between anti-government protests in jordan over a hike in taxes and an increase in the prices of everyday goods people are burning tires and blocking the streets in the city of us some northwest of the capital are mine position parties are calling for a sit in demonstration in front of the parliament on thursday u.

also the united nations children's agency is warning the cycloid season good for the worse and poor living conditions for ring of refugees in bangladesh unicef says at least five hundred thousand children are at risk of disease in unsanitary and overcrowded camps more than seven hundred. thousand. have crossed the border from me in march fleeing a military crackdown in august. the british charity oxfam has been suspended from operating in haiti for two months following the ongoing controversy over sexual abuse allegations the caribbean islands government has temporarily revoked the aid organizations permission to work in the country it follows revelations that staff sexually exploited victims of an earthquake in two thousand and ten. the deputy director of the un's children's agency unicef has also resigned after complaints about inappropriate behavior in a previous job just to emphasize was the c.e.o. of the u.k. charity save the children until twenty sixteen while he was there three workers complained about inappropriate text messages and comments about what young women were wearing unicef says it wasn't aware of the c

this is a shot a refugee camp moa nobody ella's house is not fit for human habitation according to the local united nations agency yet there's no money for even basic repair much less extensive reconstruction. and we are a family of eight people living in a small house until now we can provide food and i can't expand the house i only have two small rooms the house is too small and it's falling to pieces the blockade dictates the day to day reality for two million people in gaza where israel controls the borders space and waters goes an economic experts are warning that even if help is given immediately a security and humanitarian situation might be unavoidable many youth don't but. many youth they want to leave because they want to leave anywhere the social. graces and. hey in ramallah the news that the israelis are talking about a billion dollar deal to ease humanitarian suffering in gaza has been met with skepticism and experts are wondering what any deal might actually mean or what those that really needs is an entitlement a serious and kind of national effort led by the by the studios i don't think. of the bo

this is a shop they a refugee camp mo nobody out of this house is not fit for human habitation according to the local united nations agency yet there's no money for even basic repair much less extensive reconstruction. and we are a family of eight people living in a small house until now we can provide food and i can't expand the house i only have two small rooms the house is too small and it's falling to pieces the blockade dictates the day to day reality for two million people in gaza where israel controls the board is space and walters goes an economic experts are warning that even if help is given immediately a security and humanitarian situation might be unavoidable many youth. many of the first want to leave gaza they want to leave anywhere the social. graces and. hey in ramallah the news that the israelis are talking about a billion dollar deal to ease humanitarian suffering in gaza has been met with skepticism and experts are wondering what any deal might actually mean or what does that really needs is an entitlement a serious entitlement effort led by the by the studios i don't think about the art of the botty to

united nations was. there was one area when the refugees arrived initial space of time. it's took six weeks for some of the international bodies to arrive. the aid agencieswith a difficult situation. people need to realise that the vast majority of aid work in crisis situation is extraordinary. it helps people that are very vulnerable and it saves lives, but aid agencies need to do a lot more to make sure that the best people are going into these areas, and that these people who are very vulnerable, they have a voice to in houses and —— how this unfolds. and finally, if you will give me ten seconds, people like priti patel need to get off their high horse. she resigned because of this conduct. the her to go round and start beating the aid agency at a time when they need support, very often, to get these things right, is not right. there are tory mps who are suspended at the moment because of sexual misconduct. she not out there saying that the tory party needs to have its money taken away. these are very, very difficult issues that we are tackling. we in britain had problems in rather and other parts of the country with sexual expedition of young women,

the united nations children's agency is warning cyclon season could aggravate poor living conditions for a head injury refugees in bangladesh unicef says at least five hundred thousand children are at risk of disease in unsanitary and overcrowded camps although seven hundred ranger crossed seven hundred thousand range of cross from the from in ma following a military crackdown in august. yes i'm bastard's the united nations says north korea is a limb pick cheerleaders are a sign of desperation the group of two hundred thirty women was sent by kim jong un as part of a delegation aimed at using the winter olympics to improve diplomatic ties and communication with the self tension has been building on the korean peninsula after a number of ballistic missile tests by the north and he told the university of chicago's institute of politics three major sanctions passed by the un last year having a real impact on stopping the country's revenue streams the regime has less and less money to spend on its ballistic missile tests and less capacity to threaten other countries with those tests it is in this fact more than an

refugees terry that's right helen the united nations is calling for virgin efforts to help more than seven hundred thousand one hundred children in bangladesh and myanmar in a new report the un's children's agency says a generation of revenge and children may be condemned to a perpetual life in limbo in cities the approaching cyclons season and ongoing violence in myanmar as major threats to their safety. a new humanitarian crisis looms in the row him to refugee camps of south and bangladesh unicef officials say floods caused by the upcoming cycling season beginning in march are likely to engulf the overcrowded and insanitary camps and that raises the likelihood of water borne disease outbreaks and the closure of clinics and learning centers for children. and this really is the. biggest town of. really situation to. face. families continue to flee ongoing violence in myanmar's rakhine state the number of rohit to refugee children in neighboring bangladesh has swelled to more than half a million and many new refugees are arriving every week. and i think if we're looking for for an indicator of the situation on the ground there is the fact that people are still continuing to come and to ration so

united nations relief and works agency. it must be able to continue its vital work to improve the lives of palestinian refugees and to help maintain stability across the region. it needs appropriate funding to do so. mr. president, all united nations member states have a role to play in nurturing peace and rejecting violence. we are therefore concerned by incursions across israel's border with syria earlier this month. our commitment to israel's security is unwavering and we support israel's right to defend itself. mr. president, the united kingdom's position on an israeli-palestinian peace agreement have not changed. it should be based on the lines as they stood june 4, 1967, with equal land swaps to reflect the national security and religious interest of the jewish and palestinian peoples. jerusalem should be the share capital of the israeli and .alestinian state and it's status must be determined through a final status agreement. fair, agreed, and realistic settlement for refugees is needed that is demographically compatible with the principle of two states for two peoples. to conclude, like all in this council, the united king